REAL STORIES
"With chronic use, tolerance for meth can develop. In an effort to intensify the desired effects, users may take higher doses of the drug, take it more frequently, or change their method of drug intake."
(National Drug Intelligence Center, U.S. Dept. of Justice)
Age: 18
Gender: FEMALE
Location: TEMPLE, TX
Have I ever been pressured to try meth? Yes. I have only tried it once and just from that one experience I know for a fact I will never do it again. I am a marijuana smoker so I knew how a pipe worked and tried to get 2 good hits out of it, and instead got one big hit. I waited for the high. When I started to feel it I didn't even know what was going on, who these people were around me and how we even got there. My heart started beating faster and faster. I started holding my breath and then blowing it out slowly to try and calm myself down. My legs were shaking uncontrollably and my eyes were just going crazy looking all around the room. I was scared. I don't remember the ride back to my town, but I remember being at our house and feeling sick. I got up and fell back down on the carpet face first. I started vomiting. It felt like I was burning up, then freezing cold. And then I started hallucinating. I saw a shadowy figure coming toward me. I thought it was my boyfriend, but I couldn't see in the dark. I was terrified. I turned on the light and there was nothing there. That was the first and last time I have ever done meth.